Classical Education

Our goal at Maria Kaupas Academy is to serve God and our community by offering students a Catholic classical education, offering broad exposure to the traditional liberal arts. This type of education is one whereby the practice of faith and the search for truth permeates all subjects.

At heart, a classical curriculum allows students to enter into deep conversation with the greatest minds — thinkers, artists, saints and prophets — and encourages their aspiration to reach such heights as those achieved by the great men and women who have laid the grounds of our civilization. Subjects are not studied in a vacuum, but are in constant dialogue with one another, and students are happily encouraged and welcomed into this ongoing conversation.

A truly classical education is a renunciation of the utilitarian, mundane instrumentalizing of education that has infiltrated our schools and our culture. The education offered at MKA is not simply a means to an end; we do not teach so that students learn to score well on tests or secure prestigious jobs. Rather, our hope is that students learn to really love the great books they read, because these books reveal aspects of the Truth for which we all search. Great works help reveal who we are as human beings.

The classical model of education is one that relies on the integration of all knowledge, the cohesion of all subject matter, and this knowledge is unified through our commitment to our Catholic faith. At Maria Kaupas Academy, we hope to instill in our students a love for what is true, good and beautiful. Teachers, parents and staff work together to not only provide an exceptional education, but to also strengthen our students’ faith in and love of God.